BOS 50/09

Minor amendments have been made revising 'tasks' to include a reference to 'audience' in the following syllabuses:

Stage 6 Continuers Syllabuses

Armenian, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hindi, Hungarian, Khmer, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish and Ukrainian

Stage 6 Background Speakers Syllabuses

Malay, Persian and Russian

The description of tasks has changed from four elements to five elements. A description of the task element 'audience' has been included.

The description of the tasks should now read:

Tasks can be described as having five elements:

• a purpose (a reason for undertaking the task that goes beyond the practice of the language for its own sake)
• a context (this may be real, simulated or imagined, and may include aspects such as where, when, who is involved)
• an audience (the person/persons at whom the task is directed)
• a process (thinking, problem-solving, creating)
• a product (a result that can be described in terms of achievement of the purpose of the task and in the student's overall cognitive development).

The amended syllabuses will be available during December 2009.

Effective: 2010 Preliminary and HSC courses

Contact:

Repeat notice, applies to Year 11 from 2010

BOS 47/09

An amended Economics Stage 6 Syllabus (approved September 2009) replaces the existing Economics Stage 6 Syllabus (approved June 1999). The amended syllabus commences for Year 11 students in 2010.

The amended 2009 Economics Stage 6 Syllabus will be first examined in 2011. The final Economics HSC examination based on the existing 1999 Economics Stage 6 Syllabus will be in 2010.

The amended 2009 Economics Stage 6 Syllabus is available on the Board of Studies website.

A guide to the changes to the syllabus is also located on the website. Available for a limited time is a 'tracked change' version of the amended Economics Stage 6 Syllabus which shows the deletions and additions made to the syllabus.

Effective: Year 11, 2010.

Contact:

BOS 49/09

The course prescriptions for the 2010-2016 HSC Latin Extension examinations can be found on the Board of Studies website.

Information regarding the prescribed editions of the texts can be found in the resource list on the Board's website.

Effective: Commencement of 2010 HSC course

BOS 48/09

The course prescriptions for the 2011-2017 HSC Classical Greek Continuers examinations can be found on the Board of Studies website.

Information regarding the prescribed editions of the texts can be found in the resource list on the Board's website.

Effective: Commencement of 2011 HSC course

Contact
Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 47/09

An amended Economics Stage 6 Syllabus (approved September 2009) replaces the existing Economics Stage 6 Syllabus (approved June 1999). The amended syllabus commences for Year 11 students in 2010.

The amended 2009 Economics Stage 6 Syllabus will be first examined in 2011. The final Economics HSC examination based on the existing 1999 Economics Stage 6 Syllabus will be in 2010.

The amended 2009 Economics Stage 6 Syllabus is available on the Board of Studies website.

A guide to the changes to the syllabus is also located on the website. Available for a limited time is a 'tracked change' version of the amended Economics Stage 6 Syllabus which shows the deletions and additions made to the syllabus.

Effective: Year 11, 2010.

Contact:

BOS 46/09

Under the Education Act 1990 (NSW), the following applications must be submitted by 31 March 2010.

Applications from individual schools and registration systems on behalf of member schools to:

• renew registration and/or accreditation where registration and/or accreditation expires at the end of 2010
• renew exemption from registration where exemption expires at the end of 2010
• register new Years of schooling to commence in 2011
• register new schools to commence in 2011.

The requirements for registration and accreditation are detailed in the Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual and the Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual.

The most up-to-date manuals and the online application forms (via RANGS Online) are available on the Board's website.

If you need assistance with RANGS Online please phone the Registration and Accreditation Branch on 9367 8432.

Contact:

BOS 45/09

The Board of Studies wishes to advise that the following unit of competency has been added to the elective pool for the Automotive School-based Apprenticeship (240 indicative hours) course.

Part A of the Syllabus for the Automotive Curriculum Framework has been updated to include this additional unit of competency. Further details are outlined in the Automotive Modification History. The updated Automotive syllabus documents are available on the Board of Studies website.

Effective: Immediately

Contact
Caraline Cloke
Senior Project Officer, Vocational Education
(02) 9367 8170
caraline.cloke@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 44/09

The University of New England will be delivering the HSC Distinction course in Philosophy in 2010. Students' applications should be lodged through their school principal. Application forms and information are available on the Board of Studies website.

The Cosmology Distinction course will not be offered in 2010.

Contact
Christine Jackson
Senior Policy Officer
(02) 9367 8092
christine.jackson@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 43/09

From 2010, students entered only for Stage 6 Life Skills courses will be exempt from the requirement to complete HSC: All My Own Work.

This change follows a Board review of the requirement that all students undertaking Preliminary or HSC courses must complete the HSC: All My Own Work program (or its equivalent) before the submission of students' Preliminary or HSC course entries.

While completion of the program will no longer be required for students undertaking only Stage 6 Life Skills courses, schools may determine that the program or an equivalent is appropriate for some of these students based on their priorities, learning and support needs.

All other students, including those studying any combination of Life Skills courses and other courses, must complete HSC: All My Own Work or an equivalent. Completion of this requirement should be certified by principals using the Data Collection function on Schools Online.

Contact: Jenny Bryant
Senior Policy Officer
(02) 9367 8106
jenny.bryant@bos.nsw.edu.au

BOS 42/09

The amended Food Technology Stage 6 Syllabus is now available on the Board of Studies website www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au

Implementation of the amended syllabus will commence with the Preliminary course in 2010.

The website contains:

• the original syllabus approved in 1999 (which remains current for the HSC course and examination in 2010)
• the amended syllabus (for the Preliminary course from 2010 and the HSC course from 2011)
• the amended syllabus with tracked changes
• a summary of changes.

Contact
Howard Kennedy
Inspector, Technology Education
(02) 9367 8246
howard.kennedy@bos.nsw.edu.au